Psalm 138
This Psalm is listed as one of David's.
For David, God is not just somebody for the Sabbath.
I will praise you LORD with all my heart, before the "gods" I sing your praise.
I will bow down to wards your holy temple and will praise your name.
The relationship with God is not simply one way, there is reasoning behind David's faith.
For your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exulted your solemn decree that is surpasses your fame.
When I called you answered me, you greatly emboldened me.
There is a joke told about a young man who was tempted to become a Christian, but afraid that becoming a Christian he would have to go out evangelizing.
He talked to an old and wise Christian about his dilemma and the old Christian said "your faith is between you and God, if you want to become a Christian, you can go into your room on your own and invite Jesus into your heart, you don't have to tell another person if you don't want to.
The young man followed the advice and met with God - rushing downstairs he told his family and their friends "Did you know that you can become a Christian without telling anybody?"
May all the kings of the earth praise you, LORD, when they hear what you have decreed.
May they sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.
One thing that historians are into these days is not so much the lives of the great and the good (or spectacularly brutal, wicked or evil) but the lives of ordinary people.
God is the same, though lofty he looks kindly on the lowly, though lofty he sees them from afar.
One repeating sentence I'm noticing a lot is that God's love endures forever, and one thing that I would like to ask of God is what the Psalm ends with, do not abandon the works of your hands.
This Psalm is listed as one of David's.
For David, God is not just somebody for the Sabbath.
I will praise you LORD with all my heart, before the "gods" I sing your praise.
I will bow down to wards your holy temple and will praise your name.
The relationship with God is not simply one way, there is reasoning behind David's faith.
For your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exulted your solemn decree that is surpasses your fame.
When I called you answered me, you greatly emboldened me.
There is a joke told about a young man who was tempted to become a Christian, but afraid that becoming a Christian he would have to go out evangelizing.
He talked to an old and wise Christian about his dilemma and the old Christian said "your faith is between you and God, if you want to become a Christian, you can go into your room on your own and invite Jesus into your heart, you don't have to tell another person if you don't want to.
The young man followed the advice and met with God - rushing downstairs he told his family and their friends "Did you know that you can become a Christian without telling anybody?"
May all the kings of the earth praise you, LORD, when they hear what you have decreed.
May they sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.
One thing that historians are into these days is not so much the lives of the great and the good (or spectacularly brutal, wicked or evil) but the lives of ordinary people.
God is the same, though lofty he looks kindly on the lowly, though lofty he sees them from afar.
One repeating sentence I'm noticing a lot is that God's love endures forever, and one thing that I would like to ask of God is what the Psalm ends with, do not abandon the works of your hands.
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